2 Peter 1:5 says, “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith…” Diligence is a character quality that is developed during our trials. We must diligently guard our hearts. Proverbs 4:23. We must diligently listen to the Lord. Isaiah 55:3. Diligent to not let bitter roots spring up. Hebrews 12:15

2 Peter 1:5-7 recorded what we are to add: virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. Verse 8 says, “For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Verse 9 says, “For he who lacks these things is shortsighted even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.” That was the problem with the children of Israel. They were impatient and kept looking back. They forgot He delivered them from slavery to the Egyptians.